A THUG kicked a 14-year-old schoolgirl then covered her in yellow hair dye.

Ross Platt, 44, pounced on the terrified victim in Glasgow’s Paisley Road West on August 17 2020.

He demanded the girl hand over her phone amid claims she was filming him vandalising a shop.

Platt, who has 15 previous convictions for violence, pleaded guilty at Glasgow Sheriff Court to assaulting the girl with intent to rob her.

The court heard the girl and a 13-year-old friend were en route to a park when confronted by Platt.

He said: “F***ing move - put your phone down.”

The girl thought Platt was talking to someone else and moved away.

Prosecutor Emily Macreath said: “He then moved towards her and kicked her to the left side of her hip.

“He shouted ‘put your f***ing phone down’ and grabbed her by the body which caused her to fall to the ground.

“He said ‘you want luminous’ while holding a tin of coloured hairspray.

“She attempted to cover her face and eyes with her arms, heard the sound of the spray and felt it hitting her face.”

Platt rifled for the phone before he was pushed off the girl by members of the public.

He then fled the scene and was arrested the following day in Paisley, Renfrewshire.

Eamonn McGeehan, defending, told the court Platt had been vandalising a shop after being refused drugs.

He said: “His partner stated to him that those guys were filming him, which turned out to be the girl in a face mask.

“He was of the perception the young girl was filming him vandalising the store and she had data on the phone which would impact the matter.”

Sentence was deferred until next month for background reports by Sheriff Sean Murphy QC who continued Platt’s remand in custody.

The sheriff said: “You have an appalling record for cases of violence.

“You assaulted a 14-year-old school girl and this will obviously lead to a custodial sentence.”